The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature to those of us who like to study people is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without hurting anyone and without humiliating himself too much.

Sssh says the oceanSssh says the small wave at the shore ~ ssshnot so violent, notso proud, notso remarkable.Ssshsays the surfcrowding around the outcrops,washing the shore. Sssh,they say to people,this is our Earth,our eternity.